en-us Copyright Sightline Daily - all rights reserved newsfeeds@sightline.org newsfeeds@sightline.org Most recent Oregon headlines from Sightline Daily, the Northwest news that matters http://daily.sightline.org Plone http://daily.sightline.org/logo.gif 427 69 Oregon tree farmers are planting at least 20,000 coastal redwood trees a year in Lane and Douglas counties. They're driven less the awe the big trees inspire in many people, than by the best return on their investment in 30 or 40 years, when the trees are harvested. http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091119/NEWS02/911190312/-1/NEWS Forests Oregon 11/19/2009 Ashland Daily Tidings And at a hearing on Capitol Hill, forest officials and lawmakers discussed ways that federal forestland could help combat climate change on at least two fronts. http://news.opb.org/article/6244-officials-say-forests-fight-climate-change-two-fronts/ Climate Forests Oregon US Northwest 11/19/2009 Oregon Public Broadcasting They walk in single file -- black- and gray-coated wolves gliding through a snowy open forest in eastern Oregon. The remarkable video, captured last week by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, is further evidence that wolves are re-establishing themselves here. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/eastern_oregon_wolves_again_st.html Wildlife Oregon 11/20/2009 Oregonian A pastoral campground on the banks of the Columbia River has for decades provided about 60 low-income residents with a clean, cheap, and safe place to live in an Oregon county with a dearth of decent affordable housing. But regulators say it's operating illegally and the long-term tenants must go. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2009/11/a_mixed_thanksgiving_for_sauvi.html Economy Oregon 11/19/2009 Oregonian On Monday comes the latest in the long-running court battle over the government's plan to run its hydroelectric dams without pushing Columbia Basin salmon closer to extinction. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/11/portland_judge_has_questions_a.html Salmon Oregon United States Washington 11/19/2009 Oregonian Wetlands near a Forest Grove sewage treatment could be turned into a park, a plan that delights area birdwatchers, but there's no money budgeted for the effort in the city west of Portland. http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2009/11/changes_afoot_at_fernhill_wetl.html Environment Oregon 11/19/2009 Oregonian Portland may be at the edge of the continent, but in so many ways it's right at the center of Al Gore's green thinking. http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/11/sliding_backward_on_climate_ch.html Climate Oregon United States 11/19/2009 Oregonian The state of Oregon has received a $1.25 million grant from the federal government to study green jobs. http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091120/BUSINESS/911200320/1040 Green Jobs Oregon 11/20/2009 Salem Statesman Journal Many hope the Copenhagen summit will set up a global carbon trading market, along the lines of what's now being established in California. In Oregon, some entrepreneurs see a public good -- and private gain -- in these markets. http://news.opb.org/article/6237-oregon-boasts-first-carbon-quant/ Cap and Trade Climate Oregon 11/18/2009 Oregon Public Broadcasting